Molecular Geometry as a Source of Chemical Information. 5. Substituent Effect on Proton Transfer in Para-Substituted Phenol Complexes with Fluoridea B3LYP/6-311+G** Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 652-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadeusz M. Krygowski ◽  
Halina Szatyłowicz ◽  
Joanna E. Zachara
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Substituent Effect ◽  
Molecular Geometry ◽  
Chemical Information

Ionic dimerisation of trifluoropropenenitrile and its addition reactions with methyl trifluoropropenoate

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 406-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Svoboda ◽  
Oldřich Paleta ◽  
Václav Dědek
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Substituent Effect ◽  
Solvent Molecule ◽  
Addition Product ◽  
Potassium Fluoride ◽  
Relative Reactivity ◽  
Addition Reactions ◽  
Tertiary Amines ◽  
Optimum Conditions

Dimerisation of trifluoropropenenitrile (I) in the presence of potassium fluoride and tertiary amines afforded a mixture of stereoisomeric perfluoro-4-methyl-pentenedinitriles (II), higher-boiling compounds, and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropanenitrile (III) which arises by proton transfer from the solvent molecule. Under optimum conditions, product II was obtained in about 50% yield. Reaction of the nitrile I with methyl trifluoropropenoate (IV) gave, besides the dimers II and V, the product of addition of the nitrile I to the propenoate, IV, i.e. methyl 4-cyanoperfluoro-2-pentenoate (VI), and the addition product of the propenoate IV to the nitrile I, i.e. methyl 4-cyanoperfluoro-2-methyl-3-butenoate (VII). The relative reactivity if I and IV is discussed. The ratio of stereoisomers in II, V, VI and VII indicates that the magnitude of the steric substituent effect, operating in the reaction mechanism, decreases in the order -CFCF3.(COOCH3) > -CFCF3(CN) > -COOCH3 > -CN.

Solution of organic crystal structures from powder diffraction by combining simulated annealing and direct methods

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Altomare ◽  
Rocco Caliandro ◽  
Carmelo Giacovazzo ◽  
Anna Grazia Giuseppina Moliterni ◽  
Rosanna Rizzi
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Simulated Annealing ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Direct Methods ◽  
Molecular Geometry ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Chemical Information ◽  
Density Map ◽  
Electron Density Map

Theab initiocrystal structure solution from powder diffraction data can be attemptedviadirect methods. If heavy atoms are present, they are usually correctly located; then some crystal chemical information can be exploited to complete the partial structure model. Organic structures are more resistant to direct methods; as an alternative, their molecular geometry is used as prior information for Monte Carlo methods. In this paper, a new procedure is described which combines the information contained in the electron density map provided by direct methods with a Monte Carlo method which uses simulated annealing as a minimization algorithm. A figure of merit has been designed based on the agreement between the experimental and calculated profiles, and on the positions of the peaks in the electron density map. The procedure is completely automatic and has been included inEXPO; its performance has been validated and tested for a set of known molecular structures.

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